He is the Supreme Lord, the Sarvaśeṣi or Universal Master, whom the demoness Pūtanā approached with the most malevolent and deceitful intent. Disguising herself in the tender and loving form of His own mother, Yaśodā, she sought to end the life of the infant Kṛṣṇa. Yet, it was Emperumān who, with profound mercy, partook of her very life-breath through her poison-laced